Man dies in worksite accident in Itoman

A man died when a power shovel he was operating accidentally fell, and he was pinned down under the machine in Itoman City, Monday.

The worker had been doing landscaping work with the power shovel on premises of a cemetery in Kuniyoshi, Itoman City when the machine fell about nine meters down onto a pile of rocks Monday morning, and he was pinned under it. He was taken to a hospital but died shortly afterwards.